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Anglo-Saxon

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lytel-ne

(adv.)
Grammar
lytel-ne, adv.

almost ⬩ nearly

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All but, almost, nearly Hé lytelne [lytesne?] Breotona ríce forlét Brittaniam pene amisit, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 22

frécnen-spræc

Grammar
frécnen-spræc, l. -sprǽc.
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But perhaps the word might be taken as adjective frécnen-sprǽce (frécen- or frécne- ?) Using dangerous or mischievous speech

hæcewol

Grammar
hæcewol, l. cæce-pol
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a catch-pole, tax-gatherer Kæcepol (printed . æcewol, but see Angl. viii. 449) exactor, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 44

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

ge-myþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-myþe, es; n. [Theform and gender of the word are not quite certain. A dat. sing. fem, occurs once, but it is in a rather late charter with corrupt forms; all other instances are in dat. pl. Corresponding forms in other languages are neuter, so probably the English.]
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A mouth of a river, valley, opening of one road into another, of an enclosure. where one stream joins another Of Temede gemýðan; andlang Temede in wynnabæces gemýðan . . . in Temede múðan (cf. of Temede streáme in wynnabæce . . . in Temede streám, 386

weall-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
weall-geweorc, es; n.

Wall-work, ⬩ wall-building ⬩ the destruction of walls

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Sí hit ǽlces þinges freoh bútan ferdfare and walgeworc (cf. burh-bót) and brycgeworc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 5, 13.

Linked entry: weall-weorc

íren-helm

(n.)
Grammar
íren-helm, es; m.

An iron helmet

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An iron helmet Írenhelm[or íren helm; but cf. preceding compounds] cassis, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 14; Wrt. Voc. 35, 4

orweg-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
orweg-stíg, e ; f.
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Horwegstíg ( but cf. horu-weg), 25, 25

á-seódan

(v.)

(?) to disburse ⬩ pay

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(But see á-seóþan.)

Linked entry: -seódan

feówer-scýte

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-scýte, fyðer-scýte, fiðer-scýte, -scíte, feðer-scíte, -scitte, -scette; adj. [sceát, a corner]

Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangular ⬩ square ⬩ quadrangŭlus ⬩ quadrātus

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Four-cornered, quadrangular, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus Seó burh is feówerscýte the city is quadrangular, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 21

Linked entries: feoðer-scéte feðer-scíte fiðer-scýte fyðer-scýte

pægel

(n.)
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a wine-vessel, a pail Pægel (Wright gives wægel, but see Anglia viii. 450) gillo, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 26

blindan

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is not found, but the Gothic ga-blindyan to blind, exists; so also A. Sax. blendan to blind, q. v

eár-wicga

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Eárwicga (printed eor-, but see Angl. viii. 450) blatta, i. 24, 24. Add

freót-gifu

(n.)
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Manumission Freótgift (printed -gife, but see Angl. viii. 452) manumissio, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 1

glíwing-mann

(n.)
Grammar
glíwing-mann, es; m.
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Gliwingmanna ganearum (ganea meretrix, Migne: but perhaps ganeonum should be read), cauponum, tabernariorum, An. Ox. 50, 9

á-gælwed

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; but', and add Þá wearþ ic ágelwed (-gaelwed, v.l. ) and swíþe áfǽred, Bt. 34, 5 ; F. 140, 9

ge-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cépan, p. -cépte; pp. -cépt

To buy ⬩ ĕmĕre

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To buy; ĕmĕre Hí ðæt ríce hæfdon dióre gecépte they had dearly bought that kingdom, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19

á-gælwed

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; but cf. (?) gealh(-g)] dismayed, troubled (?) Hié áfyrhtede wǽron and ágælwede incredibili totius civitatis metu , Ors. 4. 10; S. 194, 10

bí-genge

(n.)
Grammar
bí-genge, (?), an; f.

attendant

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A female worshipper, attendant Bígencge (but cf. bígengcest, An. Ox. 2065, a gloss of the same passage) cultricem, ministraticem, Hpt. Gl. 455, 16

sin-freá

(n.)
Grammar
sin-freá, an ; m.
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A perpetual lord, a husband Nǽnig nefne sinfreá none but her wedded lord, Beo. Th. 3873 ; B. 1934. Cf. sin-híwan

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